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"HELP" Colby yelled.
"What's going on?" Don asked bursting through the door.
"He's not breathing." Colby said pointing towards the monitor.
"Can we get somebody in here." Don stood in the hallway and yelled at the top of his lungs causing nurses to come running from everywhere.
"Agent Epps is everything okay?" a nurse said when she got up to him.
"No it's Charlie, he's not breathing." Don said practically dragging the nurse to his bed.
"Please wait outside." a male nurse said from behind.
"I'm not waiting outside" Colby said almost knocking the guy over.
"Colby come on and let them do their job." Don said pulling him out of their way and into the hallway.
"What the hell was that about Don?" Colby asked.
"Colby I know that you're angry that Charlie here but that doesn't mean you can just take it out on the people trying to help him." Don said trying to make him understand.
Colby couldn't believe what was happening right now. Even though everybody keeps telling him that it's not his fault he begs to differ. If he was with Charlie instead of being at work then it wouldn't have happened. He could've prevented it, fought the guy off or something. Thinking about the maybes and the what ifs Colby didn't realize that the door had opened had once again opened and the nursing staff were exiting the room.
"He's stable now." the nurse said pulling the door leaving it cracked.
"What happened?" Don asked.
"Well it seemed that his body was having a negative reaction to some of the medicine. By having a negative reaction his body rejected it and shut down. A way of looking at it is like his body tried to restart itself but didn't have enough energy." the nurse explained.
"Will it happen again?" Colby asked.
"Honestly it's a possibility but we don't know for sure. So we're going to keep an eye on his vitals for the next few days. Hopefully he will be up soon and then we can run some more tests to see where his level of health is." the nurse finished.
"Can we see him?" Allan asked.
"I'm sorry but he needs to rest so I'm going to have to ask that you say your goodbyes for today." the nurse said feeling sympathy for the Epps family and friends.
"Okay thank you we understand." Allan said.
The four men walked into the room staring at the smaller man laying on the bed. He laid there as nothing happened or changed. He still had tubes in his mouth and nose, and still had iv's in his arms.
Allan eyes began to tear up as he saw his son laying there. He thought back to the many times he watched his son in both amazement and confusion as he sort through math problems. A time from when he was a kid he vaguely remembers watching Charlie being bullied through the window. He knew that he didn't need saving cause he would always find a logical way out of things. He didn't want to think about what would happen if he ever lost his youngest son. All he could do to help was walk over and kiss him on the forehead and tell hi he loves him very much.
Don walked to the foot of his brother's bed and rubbed his hand over his face. He wish there was something he could do to make all of this go away. He wished that he never called asked Charlie for help on that case back then. Charlie would be safe and not laying in a hospital bed.
Colby held his boyfriends hand wanting to trade places with him. But he also knew if he was in that bed then Charlie would want to trade spots with him; and with that he let a small smirk come across his face. He loved this guy with all his heart and would give anything in the world for him to be better. But knowing Charlie he wouldn't want Colby or anyone for that matter blame their selves for something that happened to him. He gave him a kiss a the lips and whispered in his ear. "I love you Charlie."
Watching Charlie he wished that he actually got a chance to do more things with him outside of the office. He knew that Charlie was a good friend and a amazing individual. He remembered when he first met Charlie how he thought how can this guy help us solve a case. Little did he know Charlie would be consulting on almost every case from that day on. He wish that his best friend and his boss and friend didn't have to go through this.
"Let's go ahead and go boys." Allan said motioning towards the door.
"Okay." the guys said in unison.
They all headed out the door and down the hall. Not wanting to leave but knew that rest is what he needed to get better. So they would do whatever it took.
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